Tournament information | |
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Location | Yuma, Arizona |
Established | 1990 |
Course(s) | Desert Hills Golf Course |
Par | 71 |
Tour(s) | Nike Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | US$150,000 |
Month played | February |
Final year | 1993 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 196 P. H. Horgan III (1991) |
To par | −17 as above |
Final champion | |
Ron Streck | |
Location Map | |
Location in the United States Location in Arizona |
The Yuma Open was a golf tournament that ran from 1990 to 1993 on the Nike Tour It was played at Desert Hills Golf Course in Yuma, Arizona. [1]
Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | ||||
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Nike Yuma Open | |||||||||
1993 | Ron Streck | 201 | −12 | Playoff | Chris DiMarco | ||||
Ben Hogan Yuma Open | |||||||||
1992 | Paul Goydos | 201 | −12 | 1 stroke | Jeff Coston Taylor Smith | ||||
1991 | P. H. Horgan III | 196 | −17 | 2 strokes | Olin Browne Steve Lowery | ||||
1990 | Rick Pearson | 198 | −15 | 2 strokes | Sean Pacetti Sam Randolph |
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